Teaching Kids to Express Appreciation
…class discussion about gratitude and the importance of showing appreciation. Ask students to help you brainstorm different things they appreciate about each other. They might like someone’s sense of humor,…
…class discussion about gratitude and the importance of showing appreciation. Ask students to help you brainstorm different things they appreciate about each other. They might like someone’s sense of humor,…
…source like a textbook. Discuss answers that are different and celebrate correct answers. If everyone had the correct answer, remove the card from the deck. If not, place it at…
…thousands of teachers, for helping your kids to follow directions quickly. If you would like a visual to display in your classroom, you can download the poster shown above from…
…much as possible, I formed teams with students of mixed ability and from different ethnic backgrounds. I wanted my students to learn to appreciate others who were not like themselves,…
…to share their own views. To prevent this from happening, we ask them to take turns around the team … but those discussions don’t feel like real conversations. It’s obvious…
…Instead, it creates 3-dimensional models out of plastic. Our printer is a Makerbot Replicator 2 (shown below) and it looks like a large open box.The operator of the printer has…
…your newsletter is comprised mostly of long paragraphs, parents are less likely to read through the whole thing. A paragraph can be “long” in one of two ways: The first…
…done. Spring fever always hits at the worst possible time – right before testing! How do you respond? If you’re like me, your natural reaction is to push your students…
…my student teacher to start a classroom library. 10,437 bonus points goes a long way! I also gave him a copy of Teach Like a Champion and Harry Wong’s -First…
…of searching for that word! I originally created Seek & Spell Challenge as a fun seat work activity for my 5th graders to be used on special days, like the…
…of like a spring cleaning about 3 months early! I’m not finished, but here’s a peek at how the first few pages of my TpT store look and the rest…
…Beneficial New Challenges Each engineering challenge gives students something new to solve and more than likely, it is a challenge they have never tried before. Critical Thinking Skills Students aren’t…
